Photos / Sounds
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House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)Observer
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Small bird seen in a group with several others of the same species. Small beak but long tail feathers. Primarily brown with some white appearing on the wing feathers.
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White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)Observer
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Average sized bird seen with another close by. Primarily grey body with white along the tips of the wings. Large downward sloping tail feathers.
Observer
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Green bush with yellow flowers sprouting out of it. Several of the flowers seem to have not yet fully bloomed or have dried up.
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Mountain Laurel Scarlet Mirid (Lopidea major)Observer
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Small bug resting on a leaf. Bug is primarily red but has small black marking towards its rear end.
Observer
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Small entirely orange ant. Very large head with small body in comparison.
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Agave and Allies (Family Asparagaceae)Observer
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Plant about 1 foot tall. Primarily green but tints yellow at some of the leaf tips. Several points coming out at all angles from the center.
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
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Tall heavily branched tree which seems to be dried up. Primarily rising upward but does have branches which slope down. A few large branches come out from the center.
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Stickleaf Family (Family Loasaceae)Observer
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Very small plant with slight yellow buds at the tips of the plant which have not yet bloomed. Does not stand straight up and leaves are a strange shape.
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Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys)Observer
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Small bird which seemed to be in the area alone. Large tail feathers which hang down and appeared to have coloration along its neck.
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Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)Observer
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Large plant that seems very dry. Entirely grey with thorns throughout the entirety of the plant. Spreads out from the base in multiple directions.
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Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata)Observer
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Decent size bird found perched on a branch. Tail feathers not very pronounced, but does have some type of protrusion on the head.
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Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)Observer
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Average sized bird seen by a park at a distance. Appeared to be primarily black with pronounced tail feathers.
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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Very small moth. Appeared to be a very light grey on the wings with 3 brown marks on the edges of both wings as well as marks towards the center of the wings.
Photos / Sounds
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True Weevils (Family Curculionidae)Observer
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Very small insect with 6 legs. Grey in color with 2 vertical brown stripes down the entirety of its body. Seems to have a small head coming out towards the front of its body.
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Notch-leaf Scorpionweed (Phacelia crenulata)Observer
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Fairly small and seemingly dry plant. Was not standing up straight, rather seemed to be wilting and falling to the sides. Small amount of purple able to be seen but lacks the brightness commonly seen in this species.
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Feral Pigeon (Columba livia var. domestica)Observer
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Mostly black pigeon with a grey chest as well as graying at the tips of its wing feathers. Seemed to be an average size for the species.
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Whiptail Lizards (Genus Aspidoscelis)Observer
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Small seemingly entirely grey lizard. Very fast and found multiple in the area. Tail roughly the size of the rest of the body and large hind legs.
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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Small bee found by itself. Appears to have a mostly black thorax and abdomen, but does have yellow stripes on its abdomen. Seemingly clear wings.
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Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)Observer
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Tall, single creosote bush. Yellow flowers have not fully bloomed yet.